And a happy new year to one and all.
I just thought I would share some pics of the new range of 1/72 RC tanks from Torro. I bought these from RCTank.de
http://www.rctank.de/1/72-TANK-MODELS
There are currently the 3 models which you see here, Challenger 1, M1A1 Abrams, and T72. The basic detailing on these looks good to my eye, and I am sure that much of the 1/72 accessories that are available will fit these well. The running gear is all plastic, and the tracks are the continuous rubber type. On mine some of the road wheels are a bit sticky but I will be sorting this out. The turrets have approx 180* rotation. The main guns are not RC but can have the elevation adjusted by hand. The RC system is an IR based system with a range of about 6m which is ideal for table top driving. The tanks do all the usual movements, forward and back, steering left and right and neutral turning. The IR receiver for the control and battle system is under one of the hatches in the turret, this has to be removed when the tank is in use in order for the IR to be received. I have left the cover off of the Abrams in the pics so that you can see what this looks like.
The tanks also have an IR battle system too, and there are also 4 selectable channels which allows 4 tanks to battle with each other at one time. There is also the ability to pick sides so that your tank does not take hits from friendlies. The tanks have track recoil when the main gun is fired, and they do a little shimmy when they have been hit. There is a hit LED on the turret which also changes colour and flashes to indicate the number of hits left.
The tanks also have tank specific sounds, which are played through a speaker in the controller. These are individual to the tank, so yes you get the gas turbine whine on the Abrams. The accompanying blurb says that the sounds have been recorded from real vehicles from museums across Europe. The sounds are pretty good for the size of the handset and at this price point.
The manual indicates that further tank types are going to be produced in the future. These are great fun, and for the price really nice little models, I shall be on the lookout for more of these as they come out. In the meantime I am off to the model railway club I belong to to cause havoc on the 00 gauge layouts :O :haha: :haha: :haha:
Heres some pics, these are straight from the box, and each comes with its own display base.
The remotes are good solid bits of kit. steering controls and throttle are on the left, the right stick only has horizontal movement for the turret rotation. The 2 little buttons above the sticks are trim controls for the steering, with 2 further buttons on the top of the controllers for the main gun firing, and MG sounds. The small rotary knob below the right stick is the volume control. The Controllers take 4 AA batteries and do function with rechargeables. The tanks have a small 1s LiPo which is charged from the controller via a cable and plug which is pulled out from the right side of the controller.
These really are great fun, I love em.
PaulStatistics: Posted by scalawag — Fri Jan 01, 2016 12:11 am
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